Chapter 50: The Mysterious Imperial City Division
Just when everyone was talking about the Kunlun faction, Lu Fang, Han Zhang, Xu Qing and others who were stationed outside Bawangzhuang came back one after another. www.biquge.info With the help of the Hangzhou official army, the bandits of Bawangzhuang were almost wiped out, except for Shen Zhongyuan and others to protect Zhao Caixia and escape, only a few thieves with strong martial arts escaped.
Hua Chong saw that the overlord village had been decided, walked to the side of the platinum hall, and joked: "Master Fan does not eat fasting and reciting Buddha in Xiangguo Temple, and runs to this killing place, which is against the virtue of the Buddha's good life." ”
Bai Jintang also smiled: "Do you think I am willing to come?"
"What?
Bai Jintang took out a white jade lotus flower and a letter from the monk's robe and handed them to Hua Chong. Hua Chong took a look, and the letter read: "Take this white jade lotus as a memory, and hope that Jun will go to Bawangzhuang and his party to eliminate the traitors together." ”
Hua Chong smiled: "Isn't this a token of love for Big Brother Bai? ”
Zhihua said with a straight color on the side: "This thing was given to Bai Daxia by my father back then. ”
Hua Chong was stunned: "It turns out that Zhi Daxia and Big Brother Bai are still world friends." ”
Bai Jintang shook his head and said: "Where is the world friend, Lord Zhi was the prefect of Xiangyang back then, but I am a murder prisoner, how can I be a world friend?"
When Hua Chong heard this, he realized: "There is a story in this. ”
Bai Jintang nodded: "Yes, I first came out of the rivers and lakes that year, and I didn't know anything, I only knew that the rivers and lakes of Zongma and the world of rangers." Coincidentally, at that time, I didn't know that the king of Xiangyang was trying to rebel, and when I was visiting Xiangyang, I met his lackeys and robbed the people's daughters. How could the king of Xiangyang spare me, I could have fled, but I felt that if I fled at this time, the people's family would definitely suffer. So I gave the woman a sum of money to flee as quickly as possible, while I myself went to the yamen and surrendered. ”
"I guessed, it must be Master Zhi who let you go, leaving a white jade lotus as a mark, and you need to do something for him in the future as a reward, right?"
Bai Jintang said with a smile: "How can Lord Zhi be the one who repays his kindness? This white jade lotus is the sign I begged him to accept." ”
Hua Chong was puzzled: "What did you ask for?"
"Yes, back then, a person who claimed to be Master Zhi came to see me in the prison, nominally for questioning, and secretly gave me the key to the prison door. I asked him to give his name, but he didn't say it, so I can only give him this white lotus, and I don't ask your name, take the lotus flower as a memory, as long as someone comes to me with this white lotus in the future, I will go to the soup and die in the fire. ”
"Then the master must be pretending to be Master Zhi, right?"
"Exactly, but that's what I'll learn later. I escaped from prison and did not leave Xiangyang, but kept inquiring about the news, I was afraid that if I left, I would cause trouble for the magistrate, and I was even more afraid that the people who saved me would suffer because of this. Later, I found out that the person who saved me was the prefect of Xiangyang, after his old man saved me, he was clever and confused, and the traitor thought that I died in prison, so he no longer pursued it, I left Xiangyang, I didn't expect to say goodbye for more than ten years, I actually received this white lotus, so I rushed here. ”
Hua Chong was about to ask how he got mixed up with Ouyang Chun, but he didn't expect a woman to run beside him, it was the rescued martyr Zhu Jiangzhen.
Zhu Jiangzhen pointed to the white lotus and said in surprise: "This white lotus is the master of yours?"
The head of the Platinum Hall said: "This thing is owned by the poor monk. ”
Zhu Jiangzhen was surprised: "That Ma Qiang tried to rob me into the mansion several times, but I was rescued by a masked man, and that person had a white jade lotus on his body, could it be that the person who saved me before was you, the master?"
Zhihua walked to Zhu Jiangzhen's side, pointed to this white lotus and said, "I delivered this white lotus to this master, and I was the one who saved you before." ”
When Zhu Jiangzhen heard this, she hurriedly knelt down: "The little woman thanks this hero for saving her many times." ”
"Dwarf oil," Hua Chong glanced at Zhihua: "Dare to love this is also a flower messenger." ”
Zhihua smiled, stepped forward to pick up Zhu Jiangzhen, and said softly: "I am lurking in the Overlord Village, just to get rid of this scourge, seeing you in trouble, how can I not save you?"
Hua Chong leaned over and asked, "Zhi Daxia, how many times have you saved this girl?"
Zhihua said: "Three times, this woman is quite famous, Ma Qiang has long intended to occupy it, because his wife Guo is fierce, and he is afraid of the inside, so he has not dared to." Guo is a relative of Guo Huai, after the death of Guo Huai and Ma Chaoxian, Ma Qiang acted recklessly, and tried to rob this woman several times, but I secretly rescued her, for fear that she would be robbed into the overlord village and lose her innocence. Today, because I had something important to do, I left Bawangzhuang, but I didn't think about it, but I let Ma Gang do it. ”
Hua Chong's eyes rolled: "In this case, the younger brother has an idea, help people to the end, send the Buddha to the west, Zhi Daxia is not as good as ......"
Zhihua didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then said: "In order to protect a matchmaker in the next place, I Zhihua is willing to marry Miss Zhu as his wife." ”
Hua Chong applauded: "Okay! I'll be this matchmaker!"
Ding Yuehua on the side was a little displeased: "What is the difference between you and robbing people's daughters?"
Zhu Jiangzhen knelt down again: "The people's daughter thanked Lord Hua, and this matter should be given to the father." ”
Ding Yuehua was stunned and said, "You still promise?"
Hua Chong sighed and said: "Miss Ding, future brother and sister, you are a female chivalrous guest of the ranger rivers and lakes, naturally for feudal etiquette... No, it's red tape and I don't care much, Miss Zhu entered Bawangzhuang for a whole day, although we rescued her, the surrounding neighbors don't necessarily think that Miss Zhu is still complete. How will the girl in the boudoir marry in the future?"
When Ding Yuehua heard this, she also felt reasonable, so she stopped talking. Hua Chong smiled secretly, this Miss Ding and Bai Yutang have a temper, just a couple.
Ding Yueying said: "In this case, let's go back quickly and let Lord Hua propose marriage for Zhi Daxia." ”
Hua Chong nodded and said, "Well, this is not the place to speak, it just so happens that I still have a lot to ask Zhi Daxia, let's find a quiet place to talk." ”
Zhihua said: "In this case, let's go to the Hangzhou Mansion, where it is clean, and the bronze gibbon monkey is still locked up in the Mansion." If you ask me something, let's talk about it on the way. ”
"Okay, let's talk on the way. Hua Chong turned back to Jiang Ping and said: "The fourth brother is the most eloquent, and the fourth brother will go back in a while to talk to the old master Zhu about this first, and then take him to the mansion to find us." ”
Jiang Ping left as promised, and the cleaning of the battlefield was handed over to Lu Fang, Han Zhang, and Xu Qing to command. The rest of the people went to the Hangzhou Mansion together, while the Ding sisters and Pang Feiyan accompanied Zhu Jiangzhen.
On the way, Hua Chong and Zhihua walked side by side, and Hua Chong asked in a low voice, "You are the secret agent of the Imperial City Division?"
"One of them. ”
"There is really more than one person in the Imperial City Division!"
Zhihua smiled: "Of course there is more than one person. ”
Hua Chong lowered his voice again: "Is that Shen Zhongyuan your person?"
Zhihua shook his head: "The people sent by the Imperial City Division to the King of Xiangyang don't know each other, and they don't have any contact methods. Shen Zhongyuan is resourceful and scheming, I can't see through him, how can I know if he is a member of the Imperial City Division. ”
Hua Chong was surprised: "There is no contact between you?
Zhihua glanced at Hua Chong and sighed: "The Imperial City Division is acting extremely strangely, and I don't even know who the news is sent to. ”
Hua Chong's eyes widened like buns: "How did you do this? How did the emperor know the news you inquired about?"
Zhihua pondered for a moment, as if hesitating, and finally shook his head: "The stakes are very high, and I can't tell you." ”
Hua Chong glanced at him and said dissatisfiedly: "I am the governor of the school lieutenant appointed by the emperor himself, and the deputy commander of the five armies, don't even I have the right to know?"
Zhihua smiled: "If you really have the right to know, then the emperor would have given you our list a long time ago, since Banzai is unwilling to reveal our identity to you, then it is better not to ask too much about our affairs." ”
Hua Chong's heart sank, and he said secretly: "It turns out that the emperor doesn't believe in me so much. ”
Thinking of this, Hua Chong no longer continued to ask, but changed the topic: "How did Zhi Daxia join the Imperial City Division?"
Zhihua smiled bitterly: "My father impeached the king of Xiangyang for rebellion, but he plotted against the traitorous king and was given death by the first emperor. Long live the throne, for the increasingly obvious anti-Xiangyang King wary, so a group of people were selected to be named in the Imperial City Division, as spies, responsible for monitoring the Xiangyang King's every move, I was one of the people chosen. ”
"It turns out that these spies were all personally selected by Banzai!" Hua Chong's heart suddenly rose a cloud of doubt, "Could it be that the emperor is also a traverser?
"Long live because you have a grudge against the King of Xiangyang for killing your father, so you were selected to join the Imperial City Division?" Hua Chong asked tentatively.
"Exactly. Zhihua did not hesitate: "At that time, I was still learning art in Kongtong Mountain with the long arm of my family teacher, and I sent a very famous former martial arts master to Kongtong Mountain to persuade me to join the Imperial City Division and avenge my father." I agreed without hesitation, accepted the task, and then went down the mountain to inquire about things related to the king of Xiangyang. ”
"And then you entered Overlord Village?"
"That's right, I was afraid that the King of Xiangyang would find out my identity, so I didn't dare to go directly to Xiangyang, but looked for the thieves who returned to the King of Xiangyang, and finally chose Bawangzhuang. This Ma Qiang is a straw bag, relying on the rich and powerful to do nonsense, and his subordinates are also incompetent, with my ability, I became his military advisor as soon as I came. ”
Hua Chong touched his chin, frowned, shook his head and said: "I still don't understand, this Shen Zhongyuan is known as 'Zhiguan Jianghu', it shouldn't be a wasted name, what kind of Caixia county lord do you say he and that Caixia county lord, why did he come to Bawangzhuang? And he was originally scheduled to take Hangzhou, why did he suddenly kill Ma Gang and Ma Qiang? Just because they robbed a Zhu Jiangzhen?"
Zhihua smiled softly: "Do you think they didn't take Hangzhou? This Hangzhou city has long been the territory of the King of Xiangyang!"
"You once said in Bawangzhuang that Ma Qiang killed the prefect of Hangzhou, and now the prefect is fake, is there such a thing?"